December 4, 1987
Mr. Robert Cart
GO Corporation
1055 Lombard Street
San Francisco, CA 94104
Dear Bob:
I am sending you a copy of PC Excel. It is significantly enhanced over the Mac version and I hope you get a chance to use it. I would value your feedback. It is too bad that you never got a chance to make Framework into the mainstream product it deserved to be. In the objects we are building for the object onented versions of our languages we will have a concept very similar to your frame.
I had hoped it would work out for you to join Microsoft, and create a California development center for us. I think you are very talented and committed to doing great software , and I would have enjoyed working directly with you. Maybe next time.
In any case I am sure GO will be an exciting place. If there is anything Microsoft can do to support your efforts as an ISV, please let me know. I hope we get a chance to exchange ideas at one of the upcoming industry get togethers.
William H. Gates, III
Chairman
WHG/ao
http://edge-op.org/iowa/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/0000/PX00008.pdf
Febuary 10, 1989
Mr. Jeff Raiks
Microsoft Corporation
16011 NE 36th Way
Box 97017
Redmond, WA 98073-9717
Dear Jeff:
This letter documents a joint project between Microsoft Corporation of Redmond, WA and GO Corporation of Foster City, CA.
Assumptions:
* Microsoft is interested in exploring potential business oppurtunities relating to the GO netebook computer.
http://www.os2site.com/sw/info/comes/plex0058_0001.zip
Bill Gates
June 1990
Dear Andy
I guess I've made it very clear that we view an Intel investment in Go as an anti-Microsoft move, both because Go competes with our systems software and because we think it will weaken the 386 PC standard.
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2004-03-25-minn-gates-letter_x.htm
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X-iowa: court documents in the case of Comes v. Microsoft.